by ADC | Mar 19, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, Veterans
Pentagon officials said today that DOD will reduce its civilian workforce by 5% to 8%, AP reported. That amounts to dropping 45,000 to 72,000 positions. An official told AP that DOD will achieve the cuts three ways: terminating probationary employees, not filling...
by ADC | Mar 17, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, On Base
President Trump signed a stopgap spending bill Saturday that kept the government open and operating at fiscal year 2024 spending levels through September, the end of fiscal year 2025. The bill provides a small boost for defense spending and secures funding for a...
by ADC | Mar 14, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate will vote today on the six-month stopgap spending bill the House passed earlier this week to avert a government shutdown tonight. It would keep fiscal year 2024 spending through September 30, the end of fiscal year 2025. Many Democrats wanted a shorter-term...
by ADC | Mar 14, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
DOD is preparing a list of potential spending cuts and will provide that to Congress when it releases its budget proposal in the coming weeks, CQ Roll Call reported. House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) wrote to the...
by ADC | Mar 13, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will oppose the House-passed continuing resolution that would keep the government open past a Friday shutdown deadline. They prefer a 30-day continuing resolution instead of the Republican plan to keep fiscal year 2024 spending...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House narrowly passed a continuing resolution Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown Friday night. The bill would keep fiscal year 2024 funding through the rest of fiscal year 2025. It adds $6 billion to defense spending. The spending bill “includes our military...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Government spending is set to expire Friday night unless Congress extends it. House GOP leaders unveiled a plan over the weekend to keep current funding through Sept. 30, as AP reported. The plan includes a small bump in defense spending. Speaker Mike Johnson’s...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2025 | Defense Budget, Infrastructure, On Base
Maintenance backlogs at the Coast Guard’s shore infrastructure are a rapidly rising cost for the branch, officials told lawmakers this week. The Government Accountability Office reported that the cost of deferred maintenance was $7 billion in 2024, according to...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
DOD leaders have begun laying off civilian employees they do not believe are “mission-critical.” Among the offices where employees have been cut so far are the Defense Health Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Navy and the Uniformed Services University of the...
